NURSING AND MIDWIFERY (REGISTRATION) ETC ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

NURSING AND MIDWIFERY (REGISTRATION, ETC.) ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Establishment of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria SECTION

1. Establishment of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, etc.
2. Membership of the Council.
3. Financial provisions and annual reports.
4. Power of the Minister to give directions to the Council.
5. Appointment of Secretary-General and other staff.

Registers and registration

6. Preparation and maintenance of the register.
7. Publication of the register and lists of corrections.
8. Registration of nurses.
9. Registration of midwives.
10. Special provisions as to midwives trained outside Nigeria.
11. Special provisions as to nurses trained outside Nigeria.
12. Power to co-operate on experimental nurses’ and midwives’ training schemes.
13. State Nursing and Midwifery Committees.
14. Approval of training institutions.
15. Supervision of instruction and examinations leading to approved qualifications.
16. Supervisory authority.

Professional discipline

17. Establishment of the Disciplinary Tribunal, etc.
18. Penalties for unprofessional conduct.
19. Avoidance of duty, etc.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

20. Offences.
21. Unauthorised training.
22. Restricted effect of registration or use of name.
23. Nursing or midwifery duties, etc.
24. Repeals, savings and transfer of assets, liabilities and staff, etc.
25. Regulations.
26. Interpretation.
27. Short title.

FIRST SCHEDULE – Supplementary provisions relating to the Council

SECOND SCHEDULE – Registrable qualifications

THIRD SCHEDULE – Supplementary provisions relating to the Disciplinary Tribunal

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NURSING AND MIDWIFERY (REGISTRATION, ETC.) ACT

An Act to establish the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for the registration of nurses and midwives in Nigeria and State Nursing and Midwifery Committees and to provide for the discipline of nurses and midwives and other ancillary matters.

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[Commencement.] [28th September, 1979]      

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